Weather alerts in Mississippi, 1986
174 weather alerts in 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 174
- Warnings
- 174
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- March31 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 12, 198620 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 25 min |
| Jan 31, 11:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Neshoba | 56 min |
| Feb 4, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Forrest, Perry | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest, Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison, Jackson | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Jackson | 25 min |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 28 min |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tate | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 37 min |
| Feb 17, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 37 min |
| Feb 17, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 30 min |
| Feb 17, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 2:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Walthall | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 12:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 86 min |
| Mar 12, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones, Wayne | 68 min |
| Mar 12, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 19 min |
| Mar 15, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 70 min |
| Apr 8, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 64 min |
| Apr 12, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 3:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest, Lamar | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 21 min |
| Apr 12, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 5:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar, Pearl River | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 6:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 17 min |
| May 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 55 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| May 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| May 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| May 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 60 min |
| May 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 56 min |
| May 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 66 min |
| May 18, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 35 min |
| May 18, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| May 18, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 32 min |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 42 min |
| May 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| May 18, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| May 18, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar | 35 min |
| May 18, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 40 min |
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 63 min |
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 45 min |
| May 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar | 50 min |
| May 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| May 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 35 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 92 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 65 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 56 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Jackson | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 70 min |
| Jul 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 68 min |
| Jul 31, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest, Perry, Stone | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison, Jackson | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Wayne | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock, Pearl River | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 60 min |
| Sep 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 20 min |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 59 min |
| Nov 8, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Nov 11, 3:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 60 min |
| Nov 11, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock, Pearl River | 60 min |
| Nov 24, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 40 min |
| Nov 24, 11:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 64 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 146 |
| Tornado Warning | 25 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rankin County11
- Lauderdale County10
- Harrison County9
- Jackson County9
- Jasper County7
- Perry County7
- Clarke County7
- Hancock County7
- Jones County6
- Forrest County6
- Greene County6
- George County6
- Hinds County6
- DeSoto County6
- Madison County5
- Lincoln County5
- Wayne County5
- Yazoo County5
- Neshoba County4
- Stone County4
- Alcorn County4
- Tishomingo County4
- Tate County4
- Warren County4
- Pike County4
- Lawrence County4
- Walthall County4
- Kemper County4
- Newton County4
- Holmes County4
- Lamar County4
- Pearl River County4
- Prentiss County3
- Pontotoc County3
- Claiborne County3
- Copiah County3
- Washington County3
- Simpson County3
- Tippah County2
- Sunflower County2
32 more counties
- Itawamba County2
- Monroe County2
- Noxubee County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Amite County2
- Humphreys County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Marion County2
- Oktibbeha County2
- Quitman County2
- Tunica County2
- Lee County2
- Union County2
- Smith County2
- Bolivar County2
- Panola County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Grenada County1
- Leflore County1
- Winston County1
- Carroll County1
- Sharkey County1
- Benton County1
- Attala County1
- Issaquena County1
- Coahoma County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Covington County1
- Marshall County1
- Lowndes County1
- Lafayette County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.